After Heated Rivalry
Conventionally Yours by Annabeth Albert
If you lived for the way Ilya and Shane turned locker-room loathing into something incendiary, this delivers that same razor-sharp antagonism—except the arena is a cross-country road trip to a gaming convention. The banter crackles with wit and cultural friction, but here the vulnerability unfolds in cramped motel rooms and late-night confessions, proving that competitive fire makes the best kindling for slow-burn intimacy.